State v. Villepigue

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The defendant was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one year.* From the judgment pronounced, he appeals upon two exceptions.

The first assigns error in the refusal of the presiding Judge to grant the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict based upon the .ground that the evidence was “insufficient upon which to convict.” Waiving the objection that the exception is too general for consideration and applying the well settled rule that the refusal of such a motion is not…